If you’ve been sitting here, reading the posts from our American brethren on the upcoming Droid 2 and Droid X handsets from Motorola and thinking to yourself that you would happily splash some cash to get one of those handsets in Australia… You can forget about it. Because today, Optus has announced that it will be selling the original Droid – the one reviewed by the US team in November last year – as the Milestone in Australia, starting next week. More »
Initially announced for South Korea, Motorola’s XT720 has been announced for Europe under the Milestone brand – which follows the rebadged Droid which launched last year. It’s got an 8MP camera and is the first Android with a Xenon flash. More »
Psst, Droid owners. Here’s how to hack Android 2.1 onto your happy little Motorola friend. More »
The US Droid doesn’t feature multitouch, but the European version does. The Milestone’s magical multitouch ROM is up for grabs now. If you’re willing to risk a bricked phone, head here for the download and instructions. [Redmond Pie - Thanks Taimur]
American commercials for Motorola’s Droid might be bold, but they’re also kind of scary and threatening. In Europe, the renamed Milestone is much calmer, gentler and friendlier than the DROID SMASH Americans are privy to. More »
Talk about unfair: this video appears to show that the GSM version of the Motorola Droid will support multitouch gestures like pinch-zoom. The US version doesn’t do multitouch, even though Android 2.0 supports it, so what gives? More »
